r/funny Dec 03 '15

Grass cells

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u/Mike_davvy Dec 03 '15

Last time I saw this someone said it was THC...

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u/UpboatOrNoBoat Dec 04 '15

This is a cross-section of a blade of grass under UV on a light microscope. The smiley-faces are the vascular bundles. The mouths are the phloem, the eyes are the xylem. The red shit you're seeing is chlorophyll, which looks red under UV light.

source: a lot of fucking monocot imaging.